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== Friday (9/17/10) ==
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'''Warmup:'''
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* Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zsXAmxEmXZlOQ survey]
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'''Agenda:'''
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* GvR Steps #1-5 overview
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* Complete GvR Steps #6-10
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* GvR Steps 1-10 Checkoff & Quiz next week
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* If you are done with 1-10...keep going!
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== Wednesday (9/15/10) ==
 
== Wednesday (9/15/10) ==
 
* Complete the [[Introduction to Unix/Linux]]
 
* Complete the [[Introduction to Unix/Linux]]

Revision as of 11:04, 17 September 2010

Friday (9/17/10)

Warmup:

  • Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this survey

Agenda:

  • GvR Steps #1-5 overview
  • Complete GvR Steps #6-10
  • GvR Steps 1-10 Checkoff & Quiz next week
  • If you are done with 1-10...keep going!

Wednesday (9/15/10)

Monday (9/13/10)

Warmup:

  • Using the power of the internets, what was the first commercial graphical user interface (GUI) developed for the personal computer?
  • In what year was the first GUI introduced?
  • In what year was the Unix operating system developed?

Agenda:

Thursday (9/9/10)

  • Finish going over syllabus
  • What is computer science?
  1. Pair up
  2. Take out a sheet of paper
  3. Put both of your names on the top right of the page
  4. Complete the following:
    1. List 3 people/things/systems that use computers (e.g. air traffic control)
    2. For each of the above people/things/systems, write down the information that they use (e.g. flight information)
    3. List 3 things you have done in any science class
    4. Define the term: "to compute" or "computation"
  • How do we solve problems?
  1. Pair up again (with a different partner)
  2. Take out a new sheet of paper and write your names on it
  3. Problem: Mr. Bui is hungry. How would you solve that problem? Write out the steps.
  4. Pause until Mr. Bui says to continue
  5. One solution: Make him a PB&J sandwich. Write out the steps involved in making a PB&J sandwich.
  6. How many steps are necessary in making a PB&J sandwich?
  7. Turn in your steps
  • Share sandwich stories

Tuesday (9/7/10)

  • Introductions
  • IB Computer Science I Syllabus
  • Name cards
  • Misc logistics
    • 20/10 no pass policy
    • Location of bathrooms
    • Sign in/out sheets
  • Lab setup/config
    • Login username is your first initial and lastname (e.g. pbui)
    • Your password is your student ID number
    • Go to System -> Preferences -> About Me -> Change Password
    • Acceptable-use policies apply in this lab!
  • Student Surveys
    • Fill out and submit